TabGlance - Visual Tab Switcher

Tracking since May 29, 2026.

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• Jun 10, 2026
  short_description

  A Tab Glance visual tab switcher with thumbnails, MRU order, keyboard cycling, instant search, and quick swap.

  Keyboard visual tab switcher: thumbnail previews, MRU order, instant search, and one-key quick swap. Switch tabs by sight.

• Jun 4, 2026
  description

  TabGlance is a polished, keyboard-driven tab switcher for Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera, Arc).
  
  Three interaction modes, each tuned for a different rhythm:
  
  ⚡ CYCLE MODE — ⌘⇧E (Mac) / Ctrl+Shift+E (Win/Linux)
  Hold the modifier, tap the shortcut to cycle through tabs in most-recently-used order. Release to switch. Arc-style hold-and-release flow.
  
  🔍 SEARCH MODE — ⌘⇧P / Ctrl+Shift+P
  Spotlight-style persistent overlay with a search input. Type to filter by title or URL, arrow keys to navigate, Enter to switch.
  
  ⚡⚡ QUICK SWAP — ⌥Q / Alt+Q
  No UI. Instantly switches to your previous tab. Use it as a one-keystroke "alt-tab for browser tabs".
  
  KEY FEATURES
  
  • Thumbnail grid — see real screenshots of your tabs, not just favicons
  • MRU ordering — your most recent tabs always come first
  • Persistent thumbnail cache — survives browser restart, keyed by URL
  • Smart settle engine — captures clean screenshots even on SPA pages by waiting for DOM mutations, LCP, and layout shifts to all quiet down
  • Two-layer fallback — beautiful palette tiles with letter monograms for tabs we couldn't capture (chrome:// pages, never-activated background tabs)
  • Dark mode — auto-adapts via prefers-color-scheme
  • Bilingual UI — English + 简体中文
  
  PRIVACY
  
  100% local. No telemetry. No analytics. No data ever leaves your device. Read the full policy at the link below.

  TabGlance (Tab Glance) is a keyboard-first visual tab switcher for Chrome and Chromium-based browsers (Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera, Arc).
  
  Switch between tabs with thumbnail previews, most-recently-used order, instant search, and one-key quick swap. Built for people who keep many tabs open and want the right page without clicking through every tab.
  
  Three modes:
  
  Cycle - Cmd+Shift+E (Mac) / Ctrl+Shift+E
  Hold the modifier, tap to cycle through tabs in most-recently-used order. Release to switch.
  
  Search - Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P
  Spotlight-style overlay. Type to filter by title or URL, arrow keys to navigate, Enter to switch.
  
  Quick swap - Alt+Q
  No UI. Instantly jump to your previous tab.
  
  Key features:
  - Visual thumbnail grid for open tabs
  - Most-recently-used tab order
  - Hold-and-release keyboard cycling
  - Spotlight-style tab search
  - One-key quick swap
  - Local thumbnail cache, survives restart
  - Light and dark mode
  - English and Simplified Chinese UI
  
  Privacy:
  TabGlance runs entirely on your device. No telemetry, no analytics, no data ever leaves your browser. It requests site access only when you first use it, and works on the current tab even if you decline.

• Jun 4, 2026
  short_description

  Switch tabs at a glance — thumbnail grid, recently-used order, hold-and-release keyboard cycling, and instant search.

  A Tab Glance visual tab switcher with thumbnails, MRU order, keyboard cycling, instant search, and quick swap.

• Jun 4, 2026
  name

  TabGlance

  TabGlance - Visual Tab Switcher

• Jun 4, 2026
  category

  productivity/workflow

  make_chrome_yours/functionality

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